Editing Suriname (section)

==Transportation==
{{see also|Transport in Suriname|Desiré Delano Bouterse Highway|East-West Link (Suriname)}}

=== Road ===
[[File:Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge 5.jpg|thumb|[[Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge]] over the [[Suriname River]]]]
Suriname, along with neighboring [[Guyana]], is one of only two countries on the mainland South American continent that drive on the left, although many vehicles are left-hand-drive as well as right-hand-drive.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/04/world/in-suriname-s-rain-forests-a-fight-over-trees-vs-jobs.html In Suriname's Rain Forests, A Fight Over Trees vs. Jobs], Anthony DePalma, ''[[The New York Times]]'', 4 September 1995</ref> One explanation for this practice is that at the time of its colonization of Suriname, the Netherlands itself used left-hand traffic, also introducing the practice in the [[Dutch East Indies]], now [[Indonesia]].<ref name="New Scientist">[https://books.google.com/books?id=qfak8nsMNGIC&dq=New+Scientist++Indonesia+drive+Napoleon&pg=PA18 ''New Scientist''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408103902/https://books.google.com/books?id=qfak8nsMNGIC&dq=New+Scientist++Indonesia+drive+Napoleon&pg=PA18 |date=8 April 2023 }}, 25 December 1986 – 1 January 1987, page 18</ref> Another is that Suriname was first colonized by the British, and for practical reasons, this was not changed when it came under Dutch administration.<ref name="Kincaid Rule">[https://books.google.com/books?id=QatPAAAAMAAJ&q=Dutch ''The Rule of the Road: An International Guide to History and Practice''], Peter Kincaid, Greenwood Press, 1986, page 138</ref> Although the Netherlands converted to driving to the right at the end of the 18th century,<ref name="New Scientist" /> Suriname did not.
As of 2003, Suriname had 4303&nbsp;km (2674 miles) of roads, of which 1119&nbsp;km (695 miles) are paved.<ref>{{cite web|title=Suriname – The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/suriname/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.cia.gov}}</ref>

=== Air ===
The country has 55 mostly small airports,<ref>{{cite web|title=Suriname Transport Facts & Stats|url=http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/profiles/Suriname/Transport|access-date=2021-03-12|website=www.nationmaster.com}}</ref> of which only six are paved. 
The only international airport that supports large [[jet aircraft]] is [[Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport]].
[[File:JAP Airport, 2022 - 2.jpg|thumb|[[Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport]]]]
Airlines with departures from Suriname: 
* American Airlines<ref>{{cite web|title=American Airlines Becomes the Only US Carrier with Nonstop Service from Miami to Tel Aviv and Paramaribo, Suriname|url=https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2021/American-Airlines-Becomes-the-Only-US-Carrier-with-Nonstop-Service-from-Miami-to-Tel-Aviv-and-Paramaribo-Suriname-NET-RTS-02/default.aspx|access-date=2021-09-08|website=news.aa.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Blue Wing Airlines]]
* [[Gum Air]]
* [[Fly All Ways]]
* [[Surinam Airways]] ''(SLM)''

Airlines with arrivals in Suriname:
* [[Caribbean Airlines]] (Trinidad and Tobago)
* [[KLM]] (Netherlands)
* [[Gol Transportes Aéreos]] (Brazil)
* [[Copa Airlines]] (Panama)
* [[TUI Airlines|Tui]] (Netherlands)
* [[Fly All Ways]] (Curaçao), Cuba ''([[Havana]])'', ''([[Santiago de Cuba]])''
* [[Surinam Airways]] ''(SLM)'' ([[Aruba]]), Brazil ''([[Belém]])'', ([[Curaçao]]), Guyana ''([[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]])'', Netherlands ''([[Amsterdam]])'', Trinidad and Tobago ''([[Port of Spain]])'', and the United States ''([[Miami]])''.

Other national companies with an air operator certification:
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* [[Aero Club Suriname]] ''(ACS)'' – General Aviation Aeroclub
* [[Coronie Aero Farmers]] ''(CAF)'' – Agriculture Cropdusting
* [[Eagle Air Services]] ''(EAS)'' – Agriculture Cropdusting
* [[ERK Farms]] ''(ERK)'' – Agriculture Cropdusting
* [[Overeem Air Service]] ''(OAS)'' – General Aviation Charters
* [[Pegasus Air Service]] ''(PAS)'' – Helicopter Charters
* [[Military of Suriname|Suriname Air Force / Surinaamse Luchtmacht]] ''(SAF / LUMA)'' – Military Aviation Surinam Air Force
* [[Surinam Sky Farmers]] ''(SSF)'' – Agriculture Cropdusting
* [[Surinaamse Medische Zendings Vliegdienst]] ''(MAF – Mission Aviation Fellowship)'' – General Aviation Missionary
* [[Vortex Aviation Suriname]] ''(VAS)'' – General Aviation Maintenance & Flightschool
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